vrfr5t54rfds Lebanon Is No Longer About Lebanon June 9, 2026 vrfr5t54rfds BEIRUT—The building in Beirut’s southern suburb had already learned the language of war. When I went to see it on Sunday, after the latest Israeli strike, it was not the…
vrfr5t54rfds Middle East at the Brink: Norm Roule on Iran, Israel, and the High-Stakes Struggle Taking Shape June 8, 2026 vrfr5t54rfds Norman T. Roule Norman Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle…
vrfr5t54rfds How Ukraine Has Turned the Tide June 5, 2026 vrfr5t54rfds Several weeks ago, I met a young woman named Nastya at a playground in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She was playing with her little brother Hlib, tending to their aging Labrador, and…
vrfr5t54rfds Remembering the Americans Who Made Ukraine’s War Their Own May 24, 2026 vrfr5t54rfds This Memorial Day, The Cipher Brief is remembering the Americans who answered the call after Russia launched its unprovoked, deadly invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. What follows is…
vrfr5t54rfds ‘Atropia’ Takes on the War on Terror May 22, 2026 vrfr5t54rfds It’s 2006. A veiled woman ambles through a dusty street, exchanging glances with men in keffiyehs as sinister music plays in the background. In rolls a Humvee, and out pours…
vrfr5t54rfds Moscow and Beijing’s shadow war: How Russia and China are keeping Iran lethal May 19, 2026 vrfr5t54rfds The CCP, however, is deliberately doing both things at once. The intelligence indicates Iran may be using the ceasefire as an opportunity to replenish weapons systems with the help of…
vrfr5t54rfds The Pakistani General Running Washington’s Backchannel to Tehran May 13, 2026 vrfr5t54rfds OPINION — As Washington and Tehran edge closer to escalation, the most critical line of communication keeping the crisis from spiraling is being run not by polished diplomats, but by…